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I'm not sure it's just due to cost-cutting. Certainly here in the UK there has been a very noticeable shift from bright colours of cars to multiple shades of grey and other colours which to my old eyes look drab and sludgy. My impression is that this is the current fashion.

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Agreed.

I don't quite understand it, The 'individuality' of a car seems to be inversely proportional to its price.

People (who are presumably into cars / want to make a statement) who buy BMWs/Audis seem to be the worst, which I don't get.

You would have thought the people who just want to get from A to B would be least bothered about the colour.

Sludge is exactly right - they’re ugly. This is the best example of Dr Seuss’ story about Sneetches that I’ve ever seen in real life.

The auto industry occasionally goes through phases where they intentionally make cars ugly. I don't know why. I think we're in the early days of such a phase right now.

I dunno about early. Look at all the huge holes in the front of cars, fake grilles and black plastic everywhere - it’s been getting worse and worse for years.

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